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By Chris Sandlund

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Cut the Slack

Your accountant, lawyer and publicist may all be wonderfulpeople-but you still should question their abilities."It's about not being afraid, as the client, in asking forvalue," says Brian Okun (above), a partner at ComputerProfessionals USA Inc. in New York City.

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